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Background imageUnder Cover Collection: Cid Officers as Dockers

Cid Officers as Dockers
C.I.D officers cunningly disguised as dockers during investigations into drug smugglers at Limehouse Docks, London. One man (r) has a hook for a hand!

Background imageUnder Cover Collection: Cid Officers Sunday Best

Cid Officers Sunday Best
C.I.D officers (who can be seen in disguise as dockers in the other picture in this set) sit proudly in their Sunday best, no longer sporting fake hands and eye-patches!

Background imageUnder Cover Collection: Arrested by an undercover police officer

Arrested by an undercover police officer
An undercover female police officer springs her Honey Trap on an unsuspecting criminal, who goes from a jolly evening with a fetching lady to staring down the barrel of a revolver!

Background imageUnder Cover Collection: Coronation. Abbey. Cars deposit their passengers

Coronation. Abbey. Cars deposit their passengers
Vintage cars and limousines depositing foreign representatives who walk, undercover, to the main entranceof the Abbey. 1953

Background imageUnder Cover Collection: Olive Malvery serving in a sweet shop

Olive Malvery serving in a sweet shop
In the early 1900s, Olive Malvery, an established singer and reciter of verse, became known for her investigative reports of Londons poor, especially women

Background imageUnder Cover Collection: King Alfred disguised in Danish camp

King Alfred disguised in Danish camp
King Alfred the Great disguises himself as a minstrel and goes undercover at the Danish camp of Guthrum, leader of the Danes in order to find out their plans

Background imageUnder Cover Collection: Spain - Sevilla - Calle Sierpes

Spain - Sevilla - Calle Sierpes ( Serpent Street ). In the spring and throughout the summer, awnings are placed at the height of the roof over the street

Background imageUnder Cover Collection: Cover page of pamphlet, A Night in a Workhouse

Cover page of pamphlet, A Night in a Workhouse
The cover page of A Night in a Workhouse -- an undercover expose of conditions in the casual ward of the Lambeth workhouse in London

Background imageUnder Cover Collection: Olive Malvery serving in a cheap coffee house

Olive Malvery serving in a cheap coffee house
In the early 1900s, Olive Malvery, an established singer and reciter of verse, became known for her investigative reports of Londons poor, especially women


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